Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

The DHL Stormers will be hosting Munster in the United Rugby Championship at DHL Stadium on Saturday 19 October, their first home game of the 2024/5 season. Lester Kiewit speaks to Stormers backline coach Dawie Snyman about the prospect of finally overcoming the team they have yet to beat.

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Lester Kiewit spoke with Clark Gardner, CEO of the Cape Town Marathon, about the event's growth since its new format was introduced in 2017. Gardner shared insights on the marathon's journey to achieving gold status and the organisers' mission to make it Africa's first major marathon.

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Lester Kiewit gets the Africa Report from Jean Jacques Cornish, and this week they discuss a water agreement among nations along the Nile; compensation for Zimbabwe farmers who had land seized, and a war crimes probe in Eastern Congo.

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The leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, has been killed in Gaza; more details on the death of One Direction star Liam Payne; King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Australia for much-anticipated tour. Verity Geere shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to cricket commentator and analyst Kass Naidoo about the Proteas Women beating old rivals Australia to reach the World Cup T20 finals in Dubai.

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AI tools are transforming how people work and learn, with developers coming up with innovative applications which can summarise documents and even convert text into podcasts to help scholars engage with content more effectively. But is there a grey area when it comes to AI and IP? Case in point: when Constitutional Law Scholar Pierre de Vos published an article on his blog Constitutionally Speaking about “lawfare”, it was soon discovered that someone had turned it into a two person AI podcast using free-to-use software and without de Vos's knowledge. Lester Kiewit discusses whether there is a need to be concerned about such advancements in technology, speaking to de Vos himself, as well as Refilwe Motsoeneng, an attorney at Michalsons Giles Inc.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Bridget Masango, the chair of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development, about an investigation by two students which exposed massive fraud in Sassa’s grant payment system.

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Preparing for Success: Heideveld Senior Secondary is calling for your support to fuel Matriculants for the 2024 National Exams. Lester Kiewit speaks to the Grade Head, Marlene Douries, about the school’s initiative to provide daily breakfasts, ensuring students are nourished and ready to excel.

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The Blue Flag certification is an international award for beaches, marinas and sustainable boat tourism operators who are able to meet and maintain a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety-related and access-related criteria. Lester Kiewit speaks to Cindy-Lee Cloete, the newly-appointed CEO of  WESSA (Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa)

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King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Australia, prompting more debate on Australia’s future; fugitive father and three children missing for three years in New Zealand have been spotted alive; mysterious black balls wash up on Bondi and other Sydney beaches. Katie Macdonald shares all the details with Lester Kiewit

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